Another one bites the dust - probable IMS issue

[dallison]

hopefully no real damage was done.

[Yoadrian]

Hope it works out well...

Out of curiosity, what sound did you hear when this happened?

[mts]

Sort of a metal on metal sound, not too much different than a really bad "engine knock" sound if that makes any sense.

[tnoice]

sorry to hear about your possible loss

[mikefocke]

Original Owner? Oil brand used? Did you just take it out of storage?

[mts]

I've had the car for about 3years and am the 2nd owner. I got the car with just shy of 15k on the clock and it has a little over 20k miles now. The first owner did all the work through Brumos Porsche and had 3 annual oil changes with Mobil 1 0w-40, basically with each oil change covering about 4,000 to 6,000 miles on the car.

I change the oil every 6 months with Redline 5w-40. Each change covers roughly 1,000 miles.

Yes, the car had recently been pulled out of storage. It had been driven maybe 40-50 miles over a few days before this issue.

[Perfectlap]

The more I think about it the more I think it really isn't worth it to wait for a clutch change to do the IMS upgrade. You're just saving some money but its costing you a lot more if your number comes up. Although you had very low miles it just goes to show that for the small unlucky segment that suffers this fate...it can come at any time. My car is undergoing the upgrade now (along with a bunch of other things...lots of $ and time). I'm sorta glad the clutch went a little earlier than I imagined. I probably would have put off the IMS job.